Example sentences of "[prep] which he [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After which he would announce , ‘ Just going next door to ring up my Popsie ! ’ , and into the Signals Office he would disappear to ring up his fiancée , a Wren Officer stationed at Portsmouth . |
| 2 | On Wednesday evening , the Admiral looked in on the club after dinner and Amiss heard him say goodnight to the five , remarking that he had a little work to do in the office , after which he would get back home and turn in : he looked forward to seeing them the following day . |
| 3 | It was suggested that the plaster should stay on for between four and six weeks after which he might like to think of building up its strength . |
| 4 | Tait intends to remain at his Berkshire base until the 1994 World Championships , after which he may return to his native New Zealand . |
| 5 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 6 | To assess the damages it is necessary to form a view upon three matters each of which is in greater or lesser degree one of speculation : ( 1 ) the value of the material benefits for his dependants which the deceased would have provided out of his earnings for each year in the future during which he would have provided for them had he not been killed : ( 2 ) the value of any material benefits which the dependants will be able to obtain in each such year from sources ( other than insurance ) which would not have been available to them had the deceased lived but which will become available to them as a result of his death : ( 3 ) the amount of the capital sum which , with prudent management , will produce annual amounts equal to the difference between ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) ( that is " the dependency " ) for each of the years during which the deceased would have provided material benefits for the dependants had he not been killed . |
| 7 | But his labours were interrupted by frequent migraines , which sometimes lasted as long as three days , during which he would lie in darkness on the floor of his room , eat nothing , and demand silence from the rest of us . |
| 8 | His ‘ Exclusively Yours ’ counter at Harrods offers an hour 's consultation , during which he 'll create your personal fragrance formula . |
| 9 | It was urged that , if this construction were adopted , a solicitor would have a shorter time during which he may abstain from bringing his action for work done than the rest of Her Majesty 's subjects . |
| 10 | ‘ The boy has viral meningitis and will be out for at least two months , during which he will do nothing else but rest . |
| 11 | Yesterday , King Hussein arrived in Italy at the start of his foreign trip , during which he will discuss Middle East problems and economic assistance to Jordan . |
| 12 | Any reputable hypnotherapist should be quite prepared to have a ten-minute ‘ chat ’ with you , free of charge , during which he can answer any questions you might have . |
| 13 | He also arranged with the school resource centre for him to have access to the library area at certain periods , during which he could relax with a book or magazine . |
| 14 | Much has already been said in the preceding pages about the subsequent progress through the learned hierarchy of the student who chose to become a muderris : with ability , luck , good connections or a combination of the three he would teach through a number of grades of medreses , eventually to turn to the mevleviyet kadiliks through which he might hope to rise ultimately to what had become by the end of the sixteenth century the principal office in the hierarchy , the Muftilik of Istanbul . |
| 15 | It was a lens through which he could view life , literature , and history , often with mischievous irony . |
| 16 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 17 | If ( as he may well have done ) he thought that he was the Messiah , then his choosing of the twelve would seem to have been a symbolic action , through which he should indicate to people who he was . |
| 18 | It was that through which he must pass next . |
| 19 | Sometimes , another dealer tipped off a director as to the identities of miscreants , so as to curry favour for which he might reap a tangible reward like extra leads . |
| 20 | He asked his players for their loyalty to him , in return for which he would do his best to improve their conditions . |
| 21 | ‘ Doone phoned me yesterday to say he 'd been to the boatyard and taken away some objects for which he would give me a receipt . ’ |
| 22 | A week later , Warren Beatty grabbed him for the role of Clyde 's brother Buck in Bonnie and Clyde , for which he would gain an Oscar nomination . |
| 23 | While Eh ? was still running , Dustin signed to star in the low-budget Italian-Spanish Madigan 's Millions ( El Testamento de Madigan/Un Dollaro per 7 Vigliacchi ) to be shot in Rome from April 1967 , for which he would receive $5000 . |
| 24 | There was a little work to do , fetching and carrying about the kitchens , for which he would get ten shillings a week . |
| 25 | These are the not-books for which he must take responsibility . |
| 26 | Certainly the picture of him during this period is of a man haunted by guilt and remorse ; it seems that he felt he had no right to happiness , and the death of his wife had only served to convince him that he had done some irreparable harm to another human being , for which he must undergo a period of punishment . |
| 27 | What really matters is not how the horse won , but that he did win , and that in doing so he ended his racecourse career displaying that sparkling but short-lived turn of foot for which he will long be remembered . |
| 28 | By the time Johnny moved back to Brighton he had spent over 20 years at Selhurst Park and during that time he had made an invaluable contribution to Palace 's progress both on and off the field , for which he will long be remembered with gratitude . |
| 29 | Recent press reports disclose that Wall Street investment banker Dennis Levine , recently convicted and gaoled for insider trading , has written a book entitled Inside Out : An Insider 's Account of Wall Street for which he will receive an undisclosed , but presumably large amount of money . |
| 30 | The best solution might thus be for the centre bollard to be held in place with a padlock , for which he will have a key . |